Japanese Works of Art - 07 Dec 2020

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THREE JAPANESE LACQUERED MASKS

£300 - £500 £350

THREE JAPANESE LACQUERED MASKS

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY

The largest in red and black lacquer, carved as a grimacing face with a long beak-like nose, possibly depicting a tengu; another with the eyebrows, moustache and goatee made of hair, sticking its long tongue out, possibly depicting Shishiguchi; the last of smaller size and carved with emaciated cheeks, possibly a portrait of Usofuki, 31cm max. (3)

Provenance: from a deceased estate, Hampshire.

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